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Issue 2, Spring 2022

A Message From Our Director

An educator reads a book to several young students. Other students explore texts and one student puts a book back on a shelf.

LFJ Director Jalaya Liles Dunn emphasizes that “Teaching an honest history counters a prevailing narrative that denies the real origins of this country and maintains an unjust society.”

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September 2, 2014

Exploring Why People Don’t Become Activists

This teacher uses activist memoirs and an engaging exercise to help her students overcome internal barriers to acting on their values.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Stake of the South

This is a Democratic campaign document discussing the South’s monetary stakes.

Unidentified

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

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History

December 15, 2017

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Sonia Nieto is Professor Emerita of Language, Literacy, and Culture, School of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Starting as a teacher at P.S. 25 in the Bronx (the first fully bilingual school in the Northeast) Nieto has taught students at all levels from elementary grades through graduate school, and she continues to speak and write on multicultural education, teacher preparation, and the education of Latinos and other culturally and linguistically diverse student populations. Her book Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education, is widely used in

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Informational

Covering

To cover is to downplay aspects of our identity that make us different from mainstream society. Kenji Yoshino argues that, although we live in an age where the law prohibits many forms of discrimination, people still face pressure to hide who they are.

Kenji Yoshino

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Religion Ability Immigration Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

July 2, 2014

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August 16, 2017

Why I Will Not Be Teaching About Charlottesville

After Charlottesville, this black teacher of black and brown students knew that her kids would not want another lesson about bigotry and racism. Here’s what she did instead.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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November 3, 2014

Teaching With Tech Equity in Mind

An Oakland-based nonprofit empowers low-income youth of color with technology skills.

Topic

Class Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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Issue 24, Fall 2003

Let's Just Play

Preserve a child's right to create and explore.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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Do Something

Voting in Your Town

Students use online resources to analyze current voter registration and turnout rates in their state and local community. They also explore potential roadblocks to the voting process (e.g., felon disenfranchisement and voter fraud).

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

October 3, 2016

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May 2, 2017

Countering Islamophobia Through Education

Schools and communities must work together to counter Islamophobia, bullying and hate in all its forms. This curricular resource can help.

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